The Cantonese saying "I can't do it, who can do it" goes like this: I, I, I, I, I, I, I have to get it (pronunciation: O em?DA?BIN?GUO?DA? pronounced in pinyin).

Cantonese, also known as Cantonese, Cantonese, commonly known as vernacular, and overseas known as Tang dialect, is a tonal language of the Chinese family of the Sino-Tibetan language family. It is one of the seven major dialects in China and the Cantonese dialect of the Han nationality. The mother tongue of the prefectural people.

The Cantonese-speaking population in Guangdong is about 67 million, plus the Cantonese-speaking population in Guangxi is about 25 million, Hong Kong is 7 million, Macau is 550,000, Thailand is 5 million, Singapore and Malaysia are 5 million, and the United States and Canada are 2 million. Nearly 120 million people around the world speak Cantonese.

Cantonese is formed by the fusion of ancient Central Plains Yayan and ancient Cantonese. It has a complete nine tones and six tones, and perfectly retains the characteristics of ancient Chinese. Cantonese is widely spoken in Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Hong Kong, and Macau in Lingnan, China, as well as overseas Chinese communities such as Kuala Lumpur in Malaysia, Ho Chi Minh City in Vietnam, Sydney, Melbourne, and Christmas Island in Australia, New York and San Francisco in the United States, and Vancouver and Toronto in Canada.

Daily language: Mandarin/Cantonese

Hello/Hello.

What’s your name/What’s your name (Yeah).

Thank you / no thanks / thank you very much.

Sorry/Sorry. Sorry/Sorry.

Sorry to bother you/Sorry to stop you for a while.

Where is it/Where is it?

It's 2 o'clock/IKEA two o'clock.

2:45/2:3 words. (The word here refers to 15 minutes).

What are you doing/What are you doing here.

Have you eaten/Have you eaten yet?

Watch a movie. Watch the show.

Extended information:

Cantonese comes from "Nanyue" in the Lingnan region of ancient China ("Hanshu" is called "Nanyue"). "Yue" is a general term. In ancient times, "Yue" and "Guangdong" were interchangeable characters. In ancient pre-Qin books, the tribes south of the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River were often collectively referred to as "Yue".

In the literature, they are called Baiyue, Baiyue, and Zhuyue, including "Wuyue" (the area in southern Jiangsu and northern Zhejiang). "Minyue" (Fujian area), "Yangyue" (middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, between the Yangtze and Huaihe Rivers), etc.? After the Sui and Tang Dynasties, the meanings of the two words "Yue" and "Guangdong" began to differ. The former was mostly used in the Wu-speaking areas of Jiangsu and Zhejiang, while the latter was mostly used in Lingnan and Guangxi. It has long been the collective name for the Lingnan region.

Cantonese is also known as "vernacular", "Cantonese", etc. among the people. In Chinatown in America, it is called "Tanghua". The two common names "Cantonese" and "Provincial City dialect" specifically refer to the Cantonese spoken in the old Guangzhou area (today's Guangzhou and the surrounding Nanfanshun area), Hong Kong, Macau, Wuzhou, and Hezhou areas, and their scope is wider than that of "vernacular" The concept is small and is generally called "Cantonese".

The word "Guang" in Guangdong and Guangxi originated from the ancient pre-Qin area name "Guangxin". Guangxin is the dividing line between Guangdong and Guangxi. The east of Guangxin is called Guangdong, and the west of Guangxin is called Guangxi. Historically, Guangdong and Guangxi were also called "Two Guangdong", with Guangdong being called "Eastern Guangdong" and Guangxi being called "Western Guangdong". It was not until the Republic of China that "Guangdong" gradually narrowed its scope and was used as the abbreviation of Guangdong Province.

Therefore, in different historical periods, "Guangdong" can be divided into a broad sense (Lingnan) and a narrow sense (referring only to Guangdong Province). "Eastern Guangdong" and "Western Guangdong" have completely different scopes of reference in different historical periods. The origin and development of Cantonese are well before the initial separation of Guangdong and Guangdong (Guangdong and Guangdong) in the Song Dynasty.

So from a historical and cultural perspective, "Cantonese" is actually "Lingnan" (Lingnan language) in a broad sense, rather than specifically "Cantonese". Just like English, not specifically the UK. Cantonese is called "Cantonese" in English and "広东语" in Japanese, which is commonly known as "Cantonese" by ordinary people.

Since ancient times, the two regions have been connected by mountains and rivers and have interconnected people. The two regions were not divided into Guangdong and Guangxi until the Song Dynasty. The Cantonese language was formed much earlier than the Song Dynasty. Because of this, Cantonese is spoken in the Guangdong and Guangxi regions. . The ancient Cangwu Kingdom in Lingnan, dating back about 5,000 years, is the birthplace of Lingnan Culture and Pearl River Culture. It is also the birthplace of Cantonese.

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Cantonese has nine tones and nine tones. It is a fusion and reorganization of the ancient Vietnamese language of Lingnan and the Yayan of the Central Plains. It is the dialect that retains the most elements of ancient Chinese. Cantonese not only retains a large number of ancient Chinese vocabulary and grammar, but also retains the pronunciation and tones of ancient Chinese, especially the entering tone.

There is no Ru tone in popular Mandarin. The so-called "Three Ru tones" means that the Ru tone has been assigned to the three tones of Ping, Shang and Qu. Since there is no entrance tone, when reading Chinese classical poems in Mandarin, it is difficult to distinguish between straight and oblique, unable to read rhyme, and lacks charm. ?

It is also very troublesome for people in Mandarin-speaking areas to write old-style poetry. People who speak Cantonese have this advantage. Their entrance tone is innate, so reading ancient Chinese poems in Cantonese is particularly charming. ? In Hakka and Chaoshan dialect (Min dialect), a large amount of ancient Chinese is also retained, especially the medieval language.

The tones of Cantonese are also very different from those in the north. They are covered with six tones: one is clear and flat, two is clear and rises, three is clear and falls, four is turbid and flat, five is turbid and rises, and six is ??turbid. In addition, if the sound is clear and flat, it is called the high level, if the sound is clear, it is the middle level, and if the sound is not clear, it is the low level.

Combined into nine tones. In modern Cantonese grammar, such as "Shui Da", "Cai Gan", "Ren Ke", "Chicken Gong", "Yu Sheng", etc., the grammatical structure of placing adjectives after nouns as modifying elements is common.

Baidu Encyclopedia--Cantonese (a language under the Sino-Tibetan language family)